Hello Mr. Simon, While watching your videos I hear your breathing seems a little short. I myself ran short of breath before I quit smoking cigs. I'm into herbs and used schizandra berries and astragalus root capsules: 3 or 4 caps at a time once per day with water to increase my breathing. Some glutamine powder (about a tablespoon 3 times a day) helps a bunch, also. I recommend this highly to smokers or who breathes a lot of smoke from other sources (Raku?)
@StarlightEngram well hey thanks for the advice ! some pottery jobs leading to needing to breathe like wedging etc , other times while concentrating whilst doing things like decorating at times I hold my breath partially. I did smoke a little cigaretttes and raku ! but no more these days and raku I do not inhale thank you ! Good health to you ! and keep practicing ! SL
Nice grape pattern you have there. Grape leaves and the grapes also are very decorative. When I was a samba dancer I used a lot of grape decorations on my hats. My favourite decorations. I mixed a glaze yesterday, that was said to be a celadon without reduction. It is in my kiln now, I´m very curious about the result. I have only an electric kiln so I can´t make real celadon. I hope it will look good.
It looks so easy when you decorate, Simon. I guess you have practised a lot.
you can ezaly just take a seed from any apricot. or do you want one from that spisific tree? i had a almond tree when i was a child. i would sit in it during the summer and eat the alomond sthat cracked open. so delishous
Hello Mr. Simon, While watching your videos I hear your breathing seems a little short. I myself ran short of breath before I quit smoking cigs. I'm into herbs and used schizandra berries and astragalus root capsules: 3 or 4 caps at a time once per day with water to increase my breathing. Some glutamine powder (about a tablespoon 3 times a day) helps a bunch, also. I recommend this highly to smokers or who breathes a lot of smoke from other sources (Raku?)
Good luck to you!
StarlightEngram 5 months ago
@StarlightEngram well hey thanks for the advice ! some pottery jobs leading to needing to breathe like wedging etc , other times while concentrating whilst doing things like decorating at times I hold my breath partially. I did smoke a little cigaretttes and raku ! but no more these days and raku I do not inhale thank you ! Good health to you ! and keep practicing ! SL
sleachpots 5 months ago
Thank you Simon Love the design, please show us when they are done, bet they are beautiful! Thankx ~ Karen
kroraven 2 years ago
Hey Simon, just watched the video of your
Grandfather, great and you have the head
nod he had. enjoyed the garden tour.
thanks
potterybysybil 2 years ago
Fabulous! Would love to see them when they are finished :o)
anitareay 2 years ago
The toasty surface a defiantly gives the piece a nice elemental feeling.
Very nice Simon!
GreenGoody 2 years ago
Thanks, Simon. I found that so relaxing, watching you paint the vines onto the pots
credenza1 2 years ago
Nice grape pattern you have there. Grape leaves and the grapes also are very decorative. When I was a samba dancer I used a lot of grape decorations on my hats. My favourite decorations. I mixed a glaze yesterday, that was said to be a celadon without reduction. It is in my kiln now, I´m very curious about the result. I have only an electric kiln so I can´t make real celadon. I hope it will look good.
It looks so easy when you decorate, Simon. I guess you have practised a lot.
Thanks
asep51 2 years ago
Do you paint with iron oxid mixed with water ?
By the way - do you give courses in the Marbella area ? I am on vacation there right now and would love to learn from you.
Potzypot 2 years ago
I see you are using used cone pack as brush holder? clever!
thanks Simon
judyyama 2 years ago
Love the brush holder :)
tripanfal 2 years ago
lol me too. its a used cone holder
joealanouf 2 years ago
I would love to have some of those apricot seeds to plant a tree of my own
sloth1982 2 years ago
you can ezaly just take a seed from any apricot. or do you want one from that spisific tree? i had a almond tree when i was a child. i would sit in it during the summer and eat the alomond sthat cracked open. so delishous
joealanouf 2 years ago